Week 3 of U13-14 November blitz series32 lads turned out for a really entertaining afternoon of football. All the matches were evenly contested with the boys showing great commitment throughout. This week’s senior players in attendance to coach the teams were David O’Connell, Conor Magowan, Shane Rogers and Sean McEneaney. This week the cup winners were Shane Rogers’ team who worked hard to defeat Conor Magowan’s team in the final. The shield final provided the most exciting finish seen so far. The teams were all level with one minute remaining when Cormac Broe curled over a magnificent long range point a that looked to have sealed the win for Sean’s team but David’s team worked the ball straight up the field with a great bit of passing and running and Eoghan Sweeney shot to the top corner of the net with the last kick of the ball to snatch the victory.
Huge thanks to Sean, Conor, Shane and David. It is fantastic to see our senior players getting involved with our underage teams and for our young players to get to know them.
Each week we are picking out demonstrations of skills of Gaelic that deserve to be recognised and this week there were plenty on view.
SportsDirect skills awards this week are:
Team scores: Last minute goal to win shield.
Pass: Liam Tiernan from defence in 1st game
Best Defensive display:Ronan Traynor
Goal: Cormac Broe’s audacious lobbed goal in 3rd game.
Point: Joint winners
Conor Ward for solo and long range score with outside of the foot in 2nd game.
Oliver Begley for dummy solo with left and point with right in 2nd game. Oliver also finished top goal scorer for the day.
Block: Charlie Whately
Pick up: Conal Bowden and Conor Whitmarsh
Non dominant score: Left foot point by Finn Madine
Assist: Thomas Stuttard-Quinn for cross for goal in 1st game. Alex O’Kane for flick through for Oliver in 2nd game.
High Catch: Ryan McCutcheon in the first game and David Clune in 2nd game.
Best Referee: Fergal McKenna!
Thank you to our sponsors SportDirect Ireland and to all the coaches in attendance. #WeAreGeraldines #NaGearaltaigh Abu
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